The Red Heifer wrote:I know that Santana one seems inexplicable, but it was just the tried and true formula of getting current popular stars to sing while you play the guitar. It sucked everyone in from the old Santana fans of the 70s to the Matchbox Twenty fans of the day. I still hear "Smooth" at least three times a week.
It wasn’t that big in the UK. Popular, sure, but not anymore than any fairly big hit LP of the time and relatively easy to ignore. It sticks out on that list as everything else seems to have been more or less universally popular. It’s incongruous like those biggest grossing lists that have acts like Garth Brooks or Lil Wayne sitting beside Beatles, Elvis, Eagles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, etc. I couldn’t name you one song by them.